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noun
- A dragonfly.
- A stick insect.
- Clematis virginiana, a vine native to the United States.
- A cranefly.
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
noun
noun
- (US, regional) A dragonfly.
- (US, regional) A crane fly (US) / daddy longlegs (UK), a large, mosquito-like insect in the suborder Tipulomorpha
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Micromidia, endemic to eastern Australia.
- mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
noun
- A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A needle used for darning.
- a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
noun
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- The fusee of a watch.
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
verb
noun
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
verb
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
noun
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
- Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
- someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
- (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
- (mining, historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
- (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
- a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
adj
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Plathemis.
- Any of the white-tailed spiders of genus Lampona (Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina) native to eastern and southern Australia.
- A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
- common North American deer; tail has a white underside
noun
- A kind of stonefly.
- (slang, drugs, Canada, US) The crystalline or powdered form of MDA.
- (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
- A wren.
- A willow.
- An object made from the wood of a willow.
- Any tree that resembles a willow.
- A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
- A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- An excursion or side trip.
- A sudden rushing forth.
- (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- a venture off the beaten path
- witty remark
verb
noun
- (taxonomy) Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.
- (slang) A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected.
- (slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.
- One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
- (equestrianism) A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.
- (slang) A chaser for overweight or obese people; a chubby chaser.
- Something or someone who chases.
- (timber industry) One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
- A person who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty; a prison guard.
- (LGBTQ slang) A chaser for transgender people; a tranny chaser.
- Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
- (nautical) A chase gun.
- A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads.
- A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
- (fiction, Harry Potter) In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
- a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
- a drink to follow immediately after another drink
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Microgomphus.
- Any of various kinds of fish with forked tails, as the bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus) or a devilfish (genus Assessor)
- A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
- grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Brachythemis.
- (fantasy) A member of a race that lives primarily underground, such as a dwarf.
- (Abrahamic religions) Adam, before eating the apple of knowledge of good and evil (emphasizing his creation from the ground).
- (military, slang) A soldier who fights on the ground or serves as ground crew, as opposed to a seaman, pilot, etc.
- The spined loach (Cobitis taenia), weather loach (Misgurnus fossilis), or other member of the loaches.
- The ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.
- (by extension) A person of uncultivated or uncultured taste.
- One who is confined to the ground, especially:
- Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:
- An audience member in the cheap section (usually standing; originally in Elizabethan theater).
- A moth of the genus Condica
- in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
noun
- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (naval) A surface ship.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
verb
noun
- Austrogomphus cornutus, a species of dragonfly.
- Someone who invests in startups that may become unicorns (startups whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars).
- (derogatory) Someone who seeks unicorns (bisexual women who participate in swinging or polyamory), stereotyped as harassing uninterested women.
noun
- (zoology, slang) A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1).
- A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
- (botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
- (aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
- A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
- (dance) A breakdance move in which the dancer spins on the floor while extending the legs to resemble the blades of a helicopter.
- an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
verb
noun
- (UK) Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
- Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
- Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
- Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
- (in combination) A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.
- One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
- a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
- fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
noun
- (entomology) Any of certain species of dragonfly of the genus Boyeria, family Aeshnidae. [from 20th c.]
- A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
- (figuratively) A threatening mental image; an unpleasant prospect [from 18th c.]
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a ghostly appearing figure
noun
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
- A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
- One who glides.
- A kind of garden swing.
- A pilot of glider aircraft.
- (by extension) Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.
- (cellular automata) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
- Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
- Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
- aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
noun
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.
- (heraldry) Vert, when blazoning by precious stones.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
- Emerald green, a colour.
- Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- the green color of an emerald
- a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
- a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
adj
verb
noun
noun
noun
- (entomology) The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
- Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
- (Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
- submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
- (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
noun
- a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
- (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
- a voluptuously beautiful young woman
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
- (entomology) The larva of certain insects.
- A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
verb
noun
- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
adj
verb
- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
noun
- (countable) Any dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia.
- (countable, slang) A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
- (countable) Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala.
- (countable) A traditional clown who ranks above the auguste.
- A Hereford cow.
- (uncountable) Makeup that makes the face appear white.
- a clown whose face is covered with white make-up
- hardy English breed of cattle raised extensively in United States
noun
- A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.
- (anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
- (figuratively) A person who changes residence frequently.
- (figuratively) Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.
- (figuratively, sports) A player who changes teams frequently.
- a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
adj
noun
- A dragonfly.
- A stick insect.
- Clematis virginiana, a vine native to the United States.
- A cranefly.
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
- common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers
noun
noun
- (US, regional) A dragonfly.
- (US, regional) A crane fly (US) / daddy longlegs (UK), a large, mosquito-like insect in the suborder Tipulomorpha
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genus Micromidia, endemic to eastern Australia.
- mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
noun
- A damselfly, or a dragonfly that resembles one.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A needle used for darning.
- a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread
- slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
noun
- (coastal New Jersey) A dragonfly.
- A muscle spindle.
- Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus.
- Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
- (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis.
- (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs such as CDs or DVDs, having a central column that passes through the central holes in the discs and keeps them in a stack.
- Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
- Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
- A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
- A sleep spindle.
- (cycling) The axle of a bottom bracket.
- A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
- (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
- An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
- (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
- A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
- The fusee of a watch.
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle
- any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
- a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.
- a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
verb
noun
- A male dragonfly; a drake.
- A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
- (countable or uncountable) Something that has a preeminent position.
- (chess) The principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.
- The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
- (Australia, historical) A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.
- The central pin or skittle in bowling games.
- (graph theory) A vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2.
- (UK, slang) A king skin.
- (card games) A playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.
- A powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.
- Alternative form of qing (“Chinese musical instrument”).
- A king-sized bed.
- A checker (a piece of checkers/draughts) that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.
- the husband or widower of a queen
- a checker that has been moved to the opponent's first row where it is promoted to a piece that is free to move either forward or backward
- preeminence in a particular category or group or field
- a male competitor who holds a preeminent position
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
- (chess) the weakest but the most important piece
- one of the four playing cards in a deck bearing the picture of a king
- a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
verb
- To assume or pretend preeminence (over); to lord it over.
- To crown king, to make (a person) king.
- To dress and perform as a drag king.
- To rule over as king.
- To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
- To perform the duties of a king.
noun
- Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
- (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.
- A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
- Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.
- someone who travels about selling their wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
- (military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
- (mining, historical) A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy.
- (ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
- a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines
adj
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Plathemis.
- Any of the white-tailed spiders of genus Lampona (Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina) native to eastern and southern Australia.
- A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America.
- common North American deer; tail has a white underside
noun
- A kind of stonefly.
- (slang, drugs, Canada, US) The crystalline or powdered form of MDA.
- (New Zealand, slang) A member of the Salvation Army.
- A wren.
- A willow.
- An object made from the wood of a willow.
- Any tree that resembles a willow.
- A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
- A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- An excursion or side trip.
- A sudden rushing forth.
- (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- a venture off the beaten path
- witty remark
verb
noun
- (taxonomy) Any dragonfly of family Libellulidae.
- (slang) A person who seeks partners with HIV in order to become infected.
- (slang) A drink consumed after another of a different kind.
- One of a series of adjacent light bulbs that cycle on and off to give the illusion of movement.
- (equestrianism) A horse trained for steeplechasing; a steeplechaser.
- (slang) A chaser for overweight or obese people; a chubby chaser.
- Something or someone who chases.
- (timber industry) One who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
- A person who guards military prisoners on fatigue duty; a prison guard.
- (LGBTQ slang) A chaser for transgender people; a tranny chaser.
- Someone who chases (decorates) metal; a person who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
- (nautical) A chase gun.
- A tool used for cleaning out screw threads, either as an integral part of a tap or die to remove waste material produced by the cutting tool, or as a separate tool to repair damaged threads.
- A long piece of flexible wire used to draw an electrical cable through a wall cavity.
- (fiction, Harry Potter) In the sport of Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player responsible for passing the quaffle and scoring goals with it.
- a person who is pursuing and trying to overtake or capture
- a drink to follow immediately after another drink
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Microgomphus.
- Any of various kinds of fish with forked tails, as the bluefin driftfish (Psenes pellucidus) or a devilfish (genus Assessor)
- A scissor-tailed flycatcher or Texas bird of paradise (Tyrannus forficatus).
- grey flycatcher of the southwestern United States and Mexico and Central America having a long forked tail and white breast and salmon and scarlet markings
noun
- A dragonfly of the genus Brachythemis.
- (fantasy) A member of a race that lives primarily underground, such as a dwarf.
- (Abrahamic religions) Adam, before eating the apple of knowledge of good and evil (emphasizing his creation from the ground).
- (military, slang) A soldier who fights on the ground or serves as ground crew, as opposed to a seaman, pilot, etc.
- The spined loach (Cobitis taenia), weather loach (Misgurnus fossilis), or other member of the loaches.
- The ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.
- (by extension) A person of uncultivated or uncultured taste.
- One who is confined to the ground, especially:
- Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:
- An audience member in the cheap section (usually standing; originally in Elizabethan theater).
- A moth of the genus Condica
- in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
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- (entomology) Any of the dragonflies in the family Libellulidae.
- Synonym of water strider.
- A loose-fitting one-piece dress, similar to a shift but with slightly more fitting.
- Any of three species of bird, in the genus Rynchops of the family Laridae, that feed by skimming the surface of water bodies with their bills in flight.
- A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
- A ballet flat shoe.
- Any of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, such as the sea clam (Spisula solidissima) and large scallops.
- (naval) A sailor in the surface forces, as opposed to a submariner.
- (science fiction) A small, fast-moving spacecraft.
- (naval) A surface ship.
- A person who skims.
- A device for removing organic matter from an aquarium.
- (crime) A device used to read and record the magnetic code from a credit card for later fraudulent use.
- a rapid superficial reader
- gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
- a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
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- Austrogomphus cornutus, a species of dragonfly.
- Someone who invests in startups that may become unicorns (startups whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars).
- (derogatory) Someone who seeks unicorns (bisexual women who participate in swinging or polyamory), stereotyped as harassing uninterested women.
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- (zoology, slang) A dragonfly; so named due to its resemblance to a helicopter (sense 1).
- A whirling trick performed with devil sticks.
- (botany) The winged fruit of certain trees, such as ash, elm, and maple.
- (aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
- A powered troweling machine with spinning blades used to spread concrete.
- (dance) A breakdance move in which the dancer spins on the floor while extending the legs to resemble the blades of a helicopter.
- an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
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- (UK) Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
- Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
- Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
- Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
- (in combination) A game of darts that is won with the specified number of darts thrown.
- One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
- a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
- fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
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- (entomology) Any of certain species of dragonfly of the genus Boyeria, family Aeshnidae. [from 20th c.]
- A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
- (figuratively) A threatening mental image; an unpleasant prospect [from 18th c.]
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a ghostly appearing figure
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- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
- A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain.
- One who glides.
- A kind of garden swing.
- A pilot of glider aircraft.
- (by extension) Any spaceship in a cellular automaton, especially one which exhibits glide reflection.
- (cellular automata) In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid.
- Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”).
- Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane.
- Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia.
- aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
noun
- (entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the family Corduliidae.
- (heraldry) Vert, when blazoning by precious stones.
- Any hummingbird in the genera Chlorostilbon and Elvira; and some in the genus Amazilia
- Emerald green, a colour.
- Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
- the green color of an emerald
- a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone
- a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
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- (entomology) The aquatic larva (nymph) of a dragonfly or damselfly.
- Any of various aquatic plants of the genus Najas.
- (Greek mythology) A female deity (nymph) associated with water, especially a spring, stream, or other fresh water.
- submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers; of fresh or brackish water
- (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
noun
- a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly)
- (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden
- a voluptuously beautiful young woman
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Any female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grotto, wind, etc.
- (entomology) The larva of certain insects.
- A young girl, especially one who is attractive, beautiful or graceful.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae.
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- Any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
- (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
- The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
- A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
- The horizontal length of a flag.
- A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
- (weightlifting) A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
- (weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
- An act of flying.
- (historical) A type of small, light, fast horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation (sometimes pluralised flys).
- (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.
- (American football) Ellipsis of fly route.
- The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
- The moving portion of an extendable ladder.
- Alternative form of vly (“swamp (in New York)”).
- Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
- (weightlifting) An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
- (nautical) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
- (fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
- (cotton manufacture) Waste cotton.
- (finance) A butterfly (combination of four options).
- One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
- (baseball) A fly ball.
- (rustic, Scotland, Northern England) A wing.
- The part of a weather vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
- (swimming) The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys).
- In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
- (zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- Ellipsis of flywheel.
- The free edge of a flag.
- (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
- (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
- flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent
- two-winged insects characterized by active flight
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- (transitive, ergative) To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
- (intransitive, entomology, of a type of moth or butterfly) To be in the winged adult stage.
- (intransitive, baseball) To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
- (intransitive) To travel or proceed very fast; to hasten.
- (transitive, ergative) To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
- (intransitive) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
- (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
- (intransitive) To proceed with great success.
- (transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
- be dispersed or disseminated
- pass away rapidly
- display in the air or cause to float
- move quickly or suddenly
- change quickly from one emotional state to another
- hit a fly
- travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft
- cause to fly or float
- travel in an airplane
- run away quickly
- decrease rapidly and disappear
- operate an airplane
- transport by aeroplane
- travel through the air; be airborne
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- (countable) Any dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia.
- (countable, slang) A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
- (countable) Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala.
- (countable) A traditional clown who ranks above the auguste.
- A Hereford cow.
- (uncountable) Makeup that makes the face appear white.
- a clown whose face is covered with white make-up
- hardy English breed of cattle raised extensively in United States
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- A dragonfly of Afroeurasia, Sympetrum fonscolombii.
- (anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
- (figuratively) A person who changes residence frequently.
- (figuratively) Synonym of wanderer: an itinerant person.
- (figuratively, sports) A player who changes teams frequently.
- a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
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